Ellie Sheehan, a fifth-year student from Holidaysburg, is the first woman drum major in the Blue Band’s 125-year history.

On Sept. 6, beneath the stately oaks and broad magnolias, LSU’s campus will once again come alive with the roar of the four ...

The Penn State Blue Band's drum major for 2025-26 is making history. Ellie Sheehan, a fifth-year student from Hollidaysburg, ...

The Penn State Blue Band has named Ellie Sheehan as Drum Major for the 2025-26 season, marking a historic milestone as she is ...

For the first time in its 125-year history, Penn State's Blue Band will have a female drum major, as Ellie Sheehan, a ...

There is major news out of Penn State regarding the Blue Band’s newest drum major.In an announcement posted on social media, ...

Drum majors are constantly active, both on the field and off; it’s a very physically demanding position. Jewell and McGovern said that they exercise enough to make sure they’re conditioned ...

Velma Patricia Patterson served as a drum major at Grambling State University through 1952. (GSU) “It’s extremely mind-blowing,” Hawthorne said. “I never would have expected for me to make history ...

Michigan State University drum majors Tom McGovern and Lacy Jewell at Munn Practice Field on Feb. 11, 2024. One of the key tricks the drum majors put on at games is a back bend.